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                                                                    SB 589
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          Date of Hearing:   July 14, 1999

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
                              Carole Migden, Chairwoman

                       SB 589 (Morrow) - As Amended: 5/28/99 

          Policy Committee:                               
          EducationVote:18-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local  
          Program:NoReimbursable:           

           SUMMARY  :

          This bill requires, until January 1, 2003, the State  
          Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to allocate funds to  
          regional occupational centers and programs (ROC/Ps) that provide  
          instruction to pupils who are incarcerated and enrolled in a  
          county juvenile court school or on probation and enrolled in a  
          county community school.
           
           FISCAL EFFECT  :

          Appropriates $2.8 million GF (Prop 98) to the SPI.  The 1999  
          Budget Act does not contain funding for this program.

           COMMENTS  :

           1)Purpose  .  This bill allows ROC/Ps to receive funding for  
            services to students in juvenile court schools or on  
            probation.  Most of those students currently receive their  
            basic schooling through the county community schools.  This  
            bill allows the additional vocational program to be funded  
            only if the student also attend a minimum day program in the  
            county community school.

           2)Current Practice  .  Average Daily Attendance (ADA) of pupils in  
            juvenile court schools and probation referred pupils in county  
            community schools are supported with a $7,175 per pupil  
            revenue limit that recognizes the special costs associated  
            with delivering instruction in a secured setting. The  
            statewide average revenue limit in ROC/P programs is currently  
            $2,750. Under the provisions of the bill, ROC/P ADA  
            reimbursement can be claimed in addition to a community school  








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            revenue limit on the same day provided the pupil attends at  
            least 240 minutes of non-vocational or occupational  
            instruction in the county school. 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jai Sookprasert / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081